Author: Mindaugas Balčiauskas / Source: Bored Panda
Ever been caught not paying attention in class? Well, thirteen-year-old Richard Beale was – just 234 years later. The Museum of English Rural Life uncovered a math book belonging to the teenager, filled not only with lovely handwritten equations but delightful doodles.
The journal was acquired as part of a set of 42 diaries that belonged to the Beale family. So taken and entertained by young Beale’s drawings, the museum tweeted out pages of the notebook which then went viral. However, it was one illustration, in particular, that seemed to grab people’s eye, a sketch of a chicken wearing pants. Sure it might sound silly to some, but try telling that to Harry Potter author JK Rowling
The museum programme manager, Adam Koszary, told the Guardian he hoped the viral tweet would…
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